Sentences with phrase «small double blinded study»

A small double blinded study of dogs with moderate to severe osteoarthritis showed that dogs receiving the homeopathic blend Zeel ® (made by Heel) for eight weeks had significantly less pain than their placebo peers, although carprofen was more effective.

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In 1998 Fred Sicher et al. performed a small scale double - blind randomized study of 40 patients with advanced AIDS.

A Randomized Double - Blind Study of the Effect of Distant Healing in a Population With Advanced AIDS Report of a Small Scale Study FRED SICHER, MA; ELISABETH TARG, MD; DAN MOORE 11, PhD; and HELENE S. SMITH, PhD; San Francisco, California The Western journal of medicine.

I started after reading about a very small (double blind placebo study) on curcumin's effect on depression and was interested to read in the article it seemed to have a very good effect for atypical depression.

The therapeutic dotential of dietary precursor modulation by a fish - oil - supplemented diet (n - 3 fatty acids), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5,n - 3) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22: 6,n - 3) in the therapy of ulcerative colitis has been shown to result in a 35 % to 50 % decrease in neutrophil production of LTB4.28 Significant improvement in symptoms and histologic appearance of the rectal mucosa has been observed in several small series of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis given fish oil at 3 to 4 g daily for 2 to 6 months in uncontrolled studies.29 However, a larger, randomized, double - blind trial comprising 96 patients with ulcerative colitis failed to reveal any benefit in remission maintenance or treatment of relapse on 4.5 g of eicosapentaenoic acid daily, despite a significant reduction in LTB4 synthesis by blood peripheral polymorphonuclear cells.30 It should be emphasized, however, that the anti-inflammatory actions of the fish oils, in addition to inhibition of LTB4, include suppression of IL - 1 and platelet activating factor synthesis and scavenging of free oxygen radicals.30 The impact of increased lipid peroxidation after fish oil supplementation should be considered when altering the n - 6: n - 3 fatty acid ratio.31 Antioxidant supplementation may be able to counteract the potentially adverse effects of n - 3 fatty acids.

The first article, published in the Sept. 2017 issue of Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, reported on a double - blind, placebo - controlled study looking at the ability of gabapentin to reduce the stress scores of trapped community cats.